Article refers to:BusinessObjects Enterprise XI
Symptom
In BusinessObjects Enterprise XI, the default session timeout for licenses is set to 20 minutes in the Java Central Management Console (CMC) and InfoView.How can you change the default session timeout value for licenses?
Resolution
To change the default session timeout value for licenses for the CMC and InfoView, use the following steps:CMC
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To change the default session timeout for the CMC:
1. Verify the following:
• The Java SDK is installed and is in the path. You need to be able to execute the 'jar' command
from the command prompt.
• You have access to the webcompadapter.war file from the Enterprise XI installation.
2. Stop the Java Application Server (JAS) on which the webcompadapter.war is deployed and navigate to the location of the webcompadapter.war file. The default location for this file is in the Enterprise XI installation directory:
Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise11\java\applications
3. From the directory from where the webcompadapter.war file is deployed, use the following command to extract the WEB-INF/web.xml file:
jar -xvf webcompadapter.war WEB-INF/web.xml
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NOTES:
• You need JDK 1.4 version or higher to use –u switch. Type "java –version" at the command prompt to confirm your JDK version.
• You can also use Winzip to zip the file at the command prompt by typing:
zip -u webcompadapter.war WEB-INF/weblogic.xml
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4. Open web.xml in a text editor like Notepad and search for the following section:
<session-config>
<session-timeout>20</session-timeout>
</session-config>
5. Change the value between <session-timeout> to the number of minutes for the session to timeout. Save web.xml.
6. Navigate back to the webcompadapter.war directory and update the webcompadapter.war file with the modified web.xml file. Use the following command:
jar -uvf webcompadapter.war WEB-INF/web.xml
7. Restart the JAS and redeploy webcompadapter.war for the update to be effective.
Upon completing these steps, the default session timeout value in the CMC is updated.
InfoView
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To change the default session timeout for InfoView:
1. Verify the following:
• The Java SDK is installed and is in the path. You need to be able to execute the 'jar' command
from the command prompt.
• You have access to the desktop.war file from the Enterprise XI installation.
2. Stop the Java Application Server (JAS) on which the desktop.war is deployed and navigate to the location of the desktop.war file. The default location for this file is in the Enterprise XI installation directory:
Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise11\java\applications
3. From the directory from where the desktop.war file is deployed, use the following command to
extract the web.xml file:
jar -xvf desktop.war WEB-INF/web.xml
4. Open web.xml in a text editor like Notepad and search for the following section:
<session-config>
<session-timeout>20</session-timeout>
</session-config>
5. Change the value between <session-timeout> to the number of minutes for the session to timeout. Save web.xml.
6. Navigate back to the desktop.war directory and update the desktop.war file with the modified web.xml file. Use the following command:
jar -uvf desktop.war WEB-INF/web.xml
7. Restart the JAS and redeploy desktop.war for the update to be effective.
Upon completing these steps, the default session timeout value in InfoView is updated.
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